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Recruits, trains, and certifies people interested in fostering or adopting children placed in the legal custody of the state. Offers home study and post-placement services for attorney-facilitated adoptions and international placing agencies. Also provides post-adoption support groups.

Provides information regarding the licensing and certification process for adoption and foster parenting including kinship fostering. Works with local agencies to recruit people who are interested in becoming foster/adoptive parents. Assists with applying for Cash Assistance and other financial assistance for kinship caregivers. Provides information about and referrals to community resources. Orientation meeting schedules are available on the website.

Provides free counseling to help women and couples who are facing an unplanned pregnancy or have recently given birth and are contemplating parenting options for their child. Assists women and couples in considering all their options, including parenting, adoption, abortion, kinship care, and foster care.

Offers placement of children in out-of-home care due to abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment into homes by licensing and certifying parents for foster care and adoption. Provides parents with foster care and adoption education and training, child-family matching services, and post-placement support and services.

Provides guidance about the adoption process and offers post-placement support.